Blood! Lust! Simmering insecurities! Delicious fast food!

Whether navigating heartfelt emotions or bodily fluids, relationships are messy. Whether together or apart, the only path forward is to chart your own course regardless of what others think. Transcending cliches and stereotypical assumptions, this year’s comedy shorts explore the oft-complicated realities of friendships new & old, brief yet meaningful connections, and romantic entanglements. So sit back and get ready. It’s time to feel all the feels.

– Melinda Green

Programmers: Melinda Green, George Luke, Kevin Monahan

SexySweat
Luke Condzal
14 minutes, 48 seconds
Never underestimate the pathos of an aging gym bro nursing a minor injury and a broken heart.

Catamaran
Joseph Rocco Plescia
8 minutes, 20 seconds
If you think your work-life balance sucks — have you ever even been a professional assassin?

Banjo
Cameron Poletti
14 minutes, 38 seconds
Take my virginity and…super circumcise me?

Time Capsule
Michael Charron
5 minutes, 59 seconds
When four lifelong friends open the time capsule they buried 30 years prior, they release a lost soul trapped in a Frosty purgatory.

But He’s Gay
Michael Calciano
11 minutes, 42 seconds
With ‘friends’ like these, why should she be expected to get over it?

Erection and Destruction
Eddie Mullins
11 minutes, 20 seconds
An unexpected love triangle emerges as the side effect of an antidepressant’s side effects.

Handball
Eli Beutel
8 minutes, 50 seconds
She wants an open relationship. He worries what everyone will think. Luigi just wants to play handball.

There Will Be Womanly Wiles
Nicole Higgins
5 minutes, 59 seconds
What do you do when you come home to find your partner in a VR headset and nipple clamps?

Make Me A Pizza
Talia Shea Levin
12 minutes, 25 seconds
The beloved porn trope — now topped with extra class consciousness.

The Streetlight
Sophia Parella
6 minutes, 48 seconds
In all seriousness, just be the light you wish to see in the world.

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